{"product_id":"9781839022166","title":"Trainspotting","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBFI Film Classics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMurray Smith\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1996 \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e was the biggest thing in British culture. Brilliantly and aggressively marketed, it crossed into the mainstream despite being a black comedy set against the backdrop of heroin addiction in Edinburgh. Produced by Andrew Macdonald, scripted by John Hodge and directed by Danny Boyle, the team behind \u003ci\u003eShallow Grave\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e was an adaptation of Irvine Welsh's barbed novel of the same title. The film is crucial for understanding British culture in the context of devolution and the rise of 'Cool Britannia'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Murray Smith unpicks the processes that led to \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e's enormous success. He isolates various factors – the film's eclectic soundtrack, its depiction of Scottish identity, its attitude to deprivation, drugs and violence, its traffic with American cultural forms, its synthesis of realist and fantastic elements, and its complicated relationship to 'heritage' – that make \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e such a vivid document of its time. Although it heralded a false dawn for British film-making,\u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e is, Smith concludes, both authentically vernacular and yet transnational in its influences and ambitions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his afterword to this new edition, Murray Smith reflects on the original film 25 years after its release, and its 2017 sequel \u003ci\u003eT2: Trainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e also directed by Boyle. Smith also considers Danny Boyle's subsequent directorial career, with highlights including \u003ci\u003eSlumdog Millionaire\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMurray Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Kent, UK. His books include \u003ci\u003eFilm, Art, and the Third Culture: A Naturalized Aesthetics of Film\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and the co-edited volumes \u003ci\u003eThinking Through Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e. (with T. Wartenburg, 2006), and, with Steven Neale, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Hollywood Cinema \u003c\/i\u003e(1998).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 November 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBritish Film Institute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781839022166\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e128\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63761472159884,"sku":"9781839022166","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_3193d4ad-e6ef-48b8-ab9f-7b6a27a11582.jpg?v=1794362514","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781839022166","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}